Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work

Lord Blunkett ‘disappointed but not surprised’ by the governments latest U-turn

Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work

Former Labour home secretary David Blunkett says scheme was doomed to ‘run into the sand’ because PM ‘failed to make the case’ for it

No 10 says ditching of key plank of plan is technical tweak after Kemi Badenoch targeted Starmer over issue at PMQs